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This is a contract, written in Swedish, by representatives of Lapland (the Sami people) allowing them to exhibit and perform at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 held in Chicago, Illinois. Patrick H. Coney, a Topeka native, was the Exposition's manager. One of the people signing the contract was Emil Arner, who may have been from Salina, Kansas. See also Kansas Memory item 318789.
Date: April 12, 1893
Item Number: 227115
Call Number: Collection 316, Coney, Patrick H., Box 2, Folder C38
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227115
Collections - Manuscript
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Exposition
Date - 1890s - 1893
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Contract
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - International - Sweden
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Contracts
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227115